Doom Is Dead?

Dsparil is one of Doom multiplayer’s fiercest competitors who also just so happens to be one of the friendliest guys around. Dsparil is widely regarded by his peers as one of the strongest players in the game right now. He's been an active participant in several seasons of the World Doom League & the Doom Masters League, establishing himself as a menace throughout the regular season and the playoffs. He also performed strongly ...

Ralphis founded the clan Unidoom in the late 90s, which later gained fame through releasing the critically acclaimed UDM series of deathmatch wads. Many of the maps in those wads are considered to be the best DM maps of all time, being played in various tournaments and events. He founded the source port Odamex in late 2005, which has grown into an actively competitive port with ongoing leagues and events, including being selected a...

Buu342 has flown under the radar for years while working on several innovative mods & projects, the most well-known of which is DoomWare. Based off the video game series WarioWare, DoomWare is a multiplayer minigame wad that requires players to survive &/or complete the tasks of minigames that are swapped every few seconds. DoomWare was presented with a Multiplayer Award in the 2020 edition of the Cacowards. Buu also recent...

While our regular hosts are on sabbatical, guest host Jamie interviews his friend, the legendary Ru5tK1ng about their history in the Doom competitive scene, the International Doom League, RK’s Cacoward winning map work (Eon Deathmatch, Aeon Deathmatch, Progressive Duel 2, etc.), growing up & plenty more. // Ru5tK1ng: https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Ru5tK1ng // HateDaddy: https://www.twitch.tv/hatedaddy__ // MDF: https://doomfederatio...

Alex “AlexMax” Mayfield has been an influential member of the Doom Community for almost 20 years as a hugely successful mapper, coder, community organizer, and so much more. You've played his work in such map packs as the ZDCTF series, UDM3, UDMX, Odamex CTF, the 32in24 series, ChaosCore CTF, and Eyedea_. He is the maintainer of the Duel40 compilation wads, which introduced hub maps into the Doom universe. In 2020, AlexMax was cred...

RottKing is the premiere mapper for an entire generation of Doom players. His contributions to the single-player and multiplayer community are endless, being credited in hugely popular WADs such as UDMX, Greenwar II, Doom 2 The Way Id Did, Back to Saturn X, and the entire 32in24 series. He is the co-author of Double Impact (with Ralph "Ralphis" Vickers), an episodic replacement PWAD for The Ultimate Doom that was adopted by Bethesd...

Dew, Denzoa, Flambeau, HumanBones and TheMotherload hold a roundtable discussion where they break down the first four qualifiers of the Take The Crown Doom II Duel Tournament. Denzoa learns in real time that he will be seeded as the top player in the Grand Finals, and shares his thoughts on all his fellow competitors. The panel summarizes the highs and lows of organizing an event this complex, and looks ahead to the Grand Finals. /...

Our featured guest today is Dr. Sean, best known as the lead programmer of Odamex. Sean has worked tirelessly over the past decade to bring Odamex to the forefront of the competitive doom scene. Not only is he an accomplished coder, but he’s also one of the nicest guys you could ever meet. We were thrilled to talk with him about all things Doom, all things Odamex, and all things Sean. As always, Doom Is Dead? is sponsored by In The...

“Welcome to another episode of the Doom Is Dead? Podcast, a show where we delve deep into the minds of dooms biggest heroes and villains. Our guest today is more like a superhero - he’s an incredible Doom and Starcraft speedrunner, setting the world on fire with his enthusiastic streams. I speak of none other than KingDime - we had a really fascinating conversation and finally unveiled a big project we’ve been working on for a whil...

Doom Is Dead? Episode #03, features a community legend; the originator of the massively popular 32in24 series AND Tales from Texas, Shaikoten. The 32in24 series revolutionized the way the Doom community looked at mapping projects. By inviting the entire Doom multiverse to participate in each entry of the series, 32in24 became a community within a community, propelling Shaikoten and the rest of the YEDS team into Cacowards stardom. ...

Doom Is Dead? is excited to be joined by Decay, an incredible mapper and owner of the Classic Doom Multiplayer Discord server. As a member of the mapping group The Mechanix Union, Decay's maps are on display in wads such as Velocity CTF, Rage CTF, DBAB, Progressive Duel, NeonDM, and many more. His layouts are known to push the boundaries of what is traditionally accepted in the multiplayer doom community, and he's moved the convers...

The Keep presents to you, the first episode of HumanBones' new Doom Is Dead? Podcast. As the leader of the Multiplayer Doom Federation, Bones will guide you through the world of Doom in a series of interviews with members of the community. This interview was recorded at Quakecon: Year of Doom and features podcaster, community organizer, commentator and complete Doom noob... TheMotherload. Our conversation spans the trials and tribu...